Wire mattress fabric.



O. H. STUEWE.\

WIRE MATTRESS FABRIC,

APPLICATION FILED 113.19, 1912,

-stuil'cd mattress of ordinary onions.,

OSCAR H. STUEWE, OF MILWAUKEE, WSCONSIN;

`WIRE MATTRESS FBREC,

lessees.

.flpplication @led 'February l, 1912. Serial No. 678,606.

To (all fur/wm 'it may Concern.

Be 1t known that l, @sci-in H. S'rtnwn, Ia citizen ot the vUnited States, residing et lililwnukee, county of Milwaukee, and Stute form distances apart throughout their length.

My invention is further explained by .ref-

erence to 4the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l represents e plan view of e insttress :is it isCOnnectecl with its supporting freine. Fig. EZ is en eixlsrgecl` plan view of :i portion or the mattress, anni Fig; 3 is e side view of. the Lnortion et the mattress shown in Fig.

Like parts are identified by the saine reierence numerals throughout the several views f The main body of the mattress fabric is nicole up ot plurality ot longitutlinelly nrrangerl wire links l, Each link comprises two side members 2, 2, which side ineinbers 2, 2, :ire respectively provided. et one end with hooks 3, and the opposite ends of said members are connected together by. theL transverse central member e and t-Wo' eyeA loops 5, 5, for the reception of the hooks 3 of the next adjacent link,'entl 'the several ltbe point 7 in Fig.

longitudinal series of links srevconnected together at the junction oit' saicl links by t-lie transversely arranged links 6. The ends oit tbe transversely errangetl link 6 are bent so es to abut sgg-einsteacb. other, :is shown et il. The relative lengte of the link o to the looped eye members o is suoli that the liability of the transversely arranged links sliding beck over tile circsler portions 5 of snob eye members is prevented.

The connecting rncniber` l oit the respective-links :irc curved outwardly toward the Specification of Letters Eatent.

lotenteol Dec. 35:1, llli respective sirie inenibers 2, whereby angular recesses S, are formed tor the reception of tbe ends 'of the trnn'srerselv arrangel. t

links G, which recess prevents the liability oi' the link therein sliding' longitudinally toward the hook inenibers I3,A while the books 8, being' formed :it right angles ,to the .links else serre as stops to further prevent the liability seid links becoi ng tlisengngetl from the eye members 5.

will be understood that when the body of the tress has been thus formed by connecting together n plurality of .links l joined by tlie cross links 6, tbc fabric forming such body is connected. at its respective cntls to the end members l0 ot the mattress freine by n plurality or spiral springs l, ll, e. spiral springv llbeing conne ted at one oli its enrls'.

with the respective ends of eac series oi links l, and :it its opposite enti with seid frainenieinber l0.

it will be observed that siole bers of the respective links convergeA from the conneetecl entl ot the link toward the onen enti. The bars of successive links therefore Clo not coincide with zi straight line eXtentiing longitudinally orn the fabric, but extend engulsrly with reference to suoli e line, each successive ber in :i row being oiset ont werdly et the point of its connections with the preceding bar. Tlilith this arrangement oi' the bers, e, slight extension in the length of a row 0i; links is permitted when the fabric is subjected to pressure, scifi extension being resilient and the 'fabric resuming its normal position as soon es it is relieved of pressure.

Another feature ot importance is that oit arranging the rows of links in close proxiinity to each other and connecting tlie inwardly offset portions of scljecentlink bers in sdjecent rows With each other by trans verse links. @Wing to4 the close proximity of the links, eecli set'o links reinforce the nent to `revent online rlovvnwnrd sagging iinderi'y essure. Y

Having tous described my in' entren, what l l l claim new, sind oesire to secure by lietf portion and e transverse connecting ber, and having their open ends provided with hooksengeging in the offset portion otthe next succeeding linlnuthe sido bars of said links converging lroni their connected ends to their free ends and the transverse connecting links being fornied to embrace the inwardly offset portions and the portion of the side bar adjacent thereto, substantially as described.

2. In :i mattress fabric of the described class. the combination of e plurality et lcnhidinnl rows of interlocking links nrrenged with the links of one rovvv in close proximity to the next und transverse looped links connecting theM-idjziccnt side bars ot linksv in adjacent rows with each other; each of said links comprising pair of side ends to 'their free ends and the transverse4 f connecting links being formed to embrace the inwardly offset portions and the portion of the side bnr adjacent thereto sind held 'in such 'position by the hooks et the succeeding' links in the respective rows.

ln testimony whereof I ellix my signature in the presence ofjtwo Witnesses.

OSCAR H. TUlLlVE. Witnesses:

JAS. B. ERWIN, J. D. BREMER. 

